Cooperative Agreement 72066921CA00006

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a 5-year, $500,000 Cooperative Agreement titled "Building Conservation Coalitions and Supporting Protected Areas (BCCSPA)" under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) federal grant program. This award provides technical support to parliamentarians in select countries to help them actively develop conservation caucuses and expand policymaker networks. The goal is to build capacity and facilitate...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $10,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to the African Parks Network, a non-profit conservation organization based in South Africa. The award, titled "GARAMBA CHINKO PROTECTED AREA ACTIVITY (GCPA) II", will support comprehensive conservation management services in the Garamba and Chinko protected areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $2,290,683 Cooperative Agreement on January 4, 2025 under the Central Africa Regional Program (CFDA 15.651) to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) for a project in Nouabale Ndoki National Park and the Sangha Tri-National World Heritage Site in the Republic of the Congo. The project aims to enhance wildlife conservation through capacity development, community engagement, and evidence-based strategies to maintain wildlife corridors and...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $3,456,000 Cooperative Agreement under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to The Nature Conservancy for the Amazon Biocorridor Initiative. The award, effective January 16, 2025, will support the conservation and restoration of the Amazon ecosystem in Ecuador over a 5-year period, with a final completion date of January 15, 2030. As a global non-profit environmental organization, The Nature...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $2,000,000.00 and issued by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under its Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, seeks to build population resilience for two species of sea turtles and one species of albatross in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The award, which runs from August 15, 2024 to August 14, 2028, supports conservation and mitigation efforts to address the risk posed to these species from the ingestion...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $5,815,932.40 Cooperative Agreement under the Central Africa Regional Program (CFDA 15.651) to the Agence Nationale DES Parcs Nationaux in Gabon. The purpose of the agreement is to reinforce the capacity of the Gabon National Parks Agency (ANPN) to effectively manage protected areas and provide conservation leadership in Central Africa. Key activities include: (1) designing and implementing business best practices and a professional training...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $600,000 five-year Cooperative Agreement under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to the Lilongwe Wildlife Trust, a non-profit organization in Malawi. The award, titled "Strengthening Law Enforcement and Community Engagement to Increase the Impact of Wildlife Crime Deterrents in Malawi", aims to support wildlife conservation efforts in Malawi through activities such as strengthening...

This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program will fund the Wildlife Conservation Bond implemented by the World Bank Group's International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) in Rwanda. The award, made on July 30, 2024, will support the IBRD's efforts to promote sustainable solutions and fight poverty through this wildlife conservation initiative in Rwanda, with a...

This two-year, $227,885 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters, under the Latin America and Caribbean Regional CFDA program, will support the Wildlife Conservation Society in developing the capacity of a newly-formed community association in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve to sustainably manage a forestry concession. Specifically, the grantee will design and implement a community-based biological monitoring program to evaluate...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded an $800,000 cooperative agreement to Zoologische Gesellschaft Frankfurt VON 1858 E.V. (ZGF) under the Central Africa Regional Program (CFDA 15.651) to increase operational efficiency at Lomami National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. Under the award, ZGF will work to extend wildlife management into buffer zones through establishing community reserves and...